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PERSONAL INFORMATION Nektarios Karanikas Oldenzaalstraat 44, 1324 EZ, Almere, The Netherlands +31621156287 nektkar@gmail.com https://nl.linkedin.com/in/nektarioskaranikas Skype nektarios.

1 PERSONAL INFORMATION Nektarios Karanikas Oldenzaalstraat 44, 1324 EZ, Almere, The Netherlands Skype nektarios.karanikas Sex Male Date of birth 24/01/1975 Nationality Greek WORK EXPERIENCE Sep today May today Associate Professor of Safety & Human Factors Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Technology, Aviation Academy (The Netherlands), Lecturing and curriculum development Professional master classes instructor Lead Researcher and Project Manager of Funded / Contract Research, including PhD cosupervision and coaching. (Post)graduate theses & research supervision Chair of Program Committees of the International Cross-industry Safety Conference (ICSC) annually organised by the Aviation Academy Business or sector Higher Education Adjunct Faculty Member Embry-Riddle University (Greece) Teaching in the Project Management in Aviation Maintenance course Sep Aug Sep Jun Jan Aug Head of Safety Research and Analysis Department - Human Factors Analyst Hellenic Air Force General Staff, Flight and Ground Safety Centre (Greece) Annual safety report and statistics publication Safety and Human Factors researcher Safety recommendations and measures follow-up coordinator On-site accident investigations facilitator for Human Factors issues Safety auditor Safety investigator Lecturer in Aviation Safety and Human Factors Hellenic Air Force Academy (Greece) Lectures Graduate theses supervisor Curriculum Development Member of Quality Assurance Board Business or sector Higher Education Instructor in Occupational Health and Safety Hellenic Air Force Technical Non-commissioned Officers Academy (Greece) Hellenic Air Force Command and Staff College (Greece) Business or sector Professional Education Sep Sep Chief Engineer 114 Hellenic Air Force Base (Greece) Page 1 / 8

2 Operation level maintenance manager for jet aircraft fleet. Oversight of flight line, technical workshops, weapon workshop, maintenance scheduling, quality assurance and technical training activities Accountable manager of about 100 technicians of various specialties (mechanical, avionics, electricians, fly-by-wire, weapon systems etc.). Oct Sep Jul Aug Nov Jul Safety Investigations Officer Hellenic Air Force General Staff, Flight and Ground Safety Directorate (Greece) Publication of official safety investigation reports On-site safety investigations facilitator for Human Factors issues Safety auditor Safety investigator Total Quality Assurance and Maintenance Program Officer Hellenic Air Force Support Command (Greece) Monitoring and coordination of operational, intermediate and depot levels maintenance Resolve of quality and safety related issues Configuration management - technical modifications application Safety investigator Monitoring of follow-on support contract Quality assurance auditor Maintenance Management and Quality Assurance Officer 114 Hellenic Air Force Base (Greece) Head and staff of Military Aircraft Squadron Maintenance Control (3 years) Operational Level Maintenance aircraft airframe Inspector (3 years Junior Inspector and 3 years Senior Inspector) Chief of military aircraft maintenance workshops at operational level [1 year management of periodical inspections and unscheduled maintenance accomplished by 4 workshops (airframe, electrical systems, radar navigation systems and fly-by-wire systems) staffed in total by up to 30 technicians] Aircraft Squadron Ground Safety officer (1 year) Safety events investigator (3 years) Military Jet Engines Workshop Chief (2 years - maintenance manager of two jet engine types and leader of up to 50 technicians) Aircraft and Jet Engines Quality Standards Staff Officer - technical related accidents and incidents management (1 year) Intermediate Level Maintenance Jet Engines Senior Technical Inspector (2 years) Quality Assurance Assessor Instructor in Aircraft Structure EDUCATION AND TRAINING Oct Jul Oct Jun Sep Jul HIGHER EDUCATION Doctorate in Professional Studies - Safety and Quality Management Middlesex University (United Kingdom) Dissertation: Developing Safety Performance Indicators and Employing Quality Management Principles for Transforming a Military Aviation Organization s Safety Program to an Operational Safety Management System MSc in Human Factors and Safety Assessment in Aeronautics Cranfield University (United Kingdom) Overall grade: 64/100. Thesis: Human Factors Indications in Historical Data of Repairable Parts BSc in Aviation Science (Aeronautics) Page 2 / 8

3 Hellenic Air Force Academy (Greece) Overall grade: 83.6/100. Thesis: Numerical Determination of Bomb Orbit with Calculation of Aerodynamic Forces and Moments FURTHER EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT - June 2017 May 2017 Sep 2015 Feb 2016 May 2014 Jun Mar May 2014 May 2012 Jun Security Awareness Kevin Mitnick Security Awareness Training, 45 minutes training Writing with Impact Complete Communications (the Netherlands), 8 hours course Basic Didactic Skills for Higher Education University of Amsterdam (the Netherlands), 10 days course 360 hours total study load Project Management Professional Preparation Course Human Asset (Greece) Certificate (Distinction), Operations Management University of Pennsylvania, 11 weeks online course, Overall grade: 93.7/100 Certificate, Mirage Military Jet Aircraft Technical Training 114 Hellenic Air Force Base School of Armed Systems (Greece) May 2009 Certificate, Management by Objectives and Measurement of Performance Greek Centre of Public Administration & Local Government (Greece) Mar Certificate, Aviation Safety Management Cranfield University (United Kingdom) Sep Certificate, Failure Analysis and Material Characterization of Gas Turbine Engine Components Program Phase II Pratt and Whitney (Greece) Sep Certificate, Mishap Investigation and Failure Analysis Pratt and Whitney (Greece) Apr Certificate, Environmental Protection for Armed Forces North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Germany) Mar May 2002 Certificate, M53-P2 Military Jet Engines Technical Training 114 Hellenic Air Force Base School of Armed Systems (Greece) Nov Dec Certificate, Mirage 2000 Military Jet Engines Theoretical Training 114 Hellenic Air Force Base School of Armed Systems (Greece) Apr Jun Diploma, Flight Safety Officer Hellenic Air Force War College (Greece) Dec Feb Certificate, Mirage 2000 Military Aircraft Theoretical Training 114 Hellenic Air Force Base School of Armed Systems (Greece) PERSONAL SKILLS Mother tongue(s) Greek Other language(s) UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production English C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 Page 3 / 8

4 Dutch A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 Levels: A1/2: Basic user - B1/2: Independent user - C1/2 Proficient user Common European Framework of Reference for Languages Communication skills Proven excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and high competence on presentations and writing. Organisational / managerial skills Process-oriented and cost-effectiveness driven, committed to continuous performance improvement, delivering and exceeding expectations in operational environments. Experienced manager and leader of large teams, natural coacher and team-builder. Job-related skills Highly motivated engineer specialized in safety management, human factors ergonomics, and quality management. Experienced lecturer, researcher and instructor in human factors, ergonomics and safety management, focusing on constructive and interactive ways of learning. Computer skills Windows operating system, Internet, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, PASW - SPSS, Minitab Driving licence B ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Journal Publications Peer-reviewed Conference Papers Karanikas, N. & Chionis, D. (in print) Exploring the Line Between Preventive and Punitive Character of Measures in the Frame of a Just Culture. Policy and Practice in Health & Safety. Plioutsias, A., Karanikas, N. & Chatzimichailidou M. M. (in print) Hazard Analysis & Safety Requirements for Small Drone Operations: To What Extent Most Marketed Drones Embed Safety?, Risk Analysis Karanikas, N. (2017). Evaluating the Horizontal Alignment of Safety Management Activities Through Cross-reference of Data from Safety Audits, Meetings and Investigations, Safety Science, 98, pp , DOI: /j.ssci Karanikas, N. (2016). Exploiting Data from Safety Investigations and Processes to Assess Performance of Safety Management Aspects, Policy and Practice in Health and Safety, pp DOI: / Karanikas, N. (2016). Critical Review of Safety Performance Metrics, International Journal of Business Performance Management, 17(3), pp DOI: /IJBPM Karanikas, N. (2016). Combining Soft System Methodology and Pareto Analysis in Assessment of Safety Management Performance: an Aviation Case, International Journal of Business Performance Management, 17(3), pp DOI: /IJBPM Karanikas, N. (2015). Correlation of Changes in the Employment Costs and Average Task Load with Rates of Accidents Attributed to Human Error, Aviation Psychology and Applied Human Factors, 5(2), pp DOI: / /a Karanikas, N. (2015), An Introduction of Accidents Classification Based on their Outcome Control, Safety Science, 72, pp DOI: /j.ssci Karanikas, N. (2014), A Comprehensive Contemporary Safety Management Systems Framework Including Planning and Monitoring Guidance, MERC s Global International Journal of Management, 2(3), pp Karanikas, N. (2014), Defining the Interrelationship between Safety and Quality Management Systems, The International Journal of Management, 3(1), pp Karanikas, N. (2014), An Organizational Structure based on Risk and Quality Fundamentals, MERC s Global International Journal of Management, 2(1), pp Karanikas, N. (2013), Using Reliability Indicators to Explore Human Factors Issues in Maintenance Databases, International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, 30(2), pp DOI: / Kaspers, S., Karanikas, N., Roelen, A., Piric, S., van Aalst, R. & de Boer, R.J. (2017). Measuring Safety in Aviation: Empirical Results about the Relation between Safety Outcomes and Safety Management System Processes, Operational Activities and Demographic Data, PESARO 2017: Page 4 / 8

5 The Seventh International Conference on Performance, Safety and Robustness in Complex Systems and Applications, IARIA, pp Chatzimichailidou, M. M., Karanikas, N. & Plioutsias, A. (2017). Application of STPA on Small Drone Operations: A Benchmarking Approach. Proceedings of the 4 th European STAMP Workshop 2016, Procedia Engineering, 179, pp DOI: /j.proeng Karanikas, N. (2017). Human Factors Science and Safety Engineering. Can the STAMP Model Serve in Establishing a Common Language? In Schwarz, M. & Harfmann, J. (eds.), Proceedings of the 32 nd EAAP Conference, September 2016, Cascais, Portugal, European Association for Aviation Psychology, pp Chatzimihailidou, M. M., Karanikas, N. & Dokas, I. (2016). Measuring Safety Through the Distance Between System States with the RiskSOAP Indicator. Proceedings of the 1 st International Crossindustry Safety Conference, Amsterdam, 3-4 November 2016, Journal of Safety Studies, 2(2), pp DOI: /jss.v2i Kaspers, S., Karanikas, N., Roelen, A., Piric, S., van Aalst, R. & de Boer, R. J. (2016). Exploring the Diversity in Safety Measurement Practices: Empirical Results from Aviation. Proceedings of the 1 st International Cross-industry Safety Conference, Amsterdam, 3-4 November 2016, Journal of Safety Studies, 2(2), pp DOI: /jss.v2i Plioutsias, A., Karanikas, N. & Chatzimihailidou, M. M. (2016). How Completely and Similarly Do Safety Authorities Address Hazards Posed by New Technology? A Paradigm from Small-drone Operations. Proceedings of the 1 st International Cross-industry Safety Conference, Amsterdam, 3-4 November 2016, Journal of Safety Studies, 2(2), pp DOI: /jss.v2i Karanikas, N., Soltani, P., de Boer R. J. & Roelen A.L.C. (2016). Safety Culture Development: the Gap Between Industry Guidelines and Literature, and the Differences Amongst Industry Sectors, in Arezes, P. (ed.), Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors, Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Safety Management and Human Factors, July 27-31, 2016, Walt Disney World, Florida, USA, Springer. DOI: / _7 Karanikas, N & Kaspers, S. (2016). Do Experts Agree When Assessing Risks? An Empirical Study. Proceedings of the 50 th ESReDA Seminar, May 2016, Seville, Spain. Plioutsias, A. & Karanikas, N. (2015). Using STPA in the Evaluation of Fighter Pilots Training Programs, Proceedings of the 3rd European STAMP Workshop, STAMP EU 2015, 5-6 October 2015, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Procedia Engineering, 128(1), pp DOI: /j.proeng Karanikas, N. (2015), Human Error Views: A Framework for Benchmarking Organizations and Measuring the Distance between Academia and Industry, Proceedings of the 49th ESReDA Seminar, October 2015, Brussels, Belgium. Karanikas, N., Soltani, P., de Boer R. J., & Roelen, A. (2015), Evaluating Advancements in Accident Investigations Using a Novel Framework, Proceedings of the 5th Air Transport and Operations Symposium (ATOS), July 2015, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands. Manuscripts under review Invited talks. Karanikas, N., Melis, D. J., & Kourousis, K. The Balance Between Safety and Productivity and its Relation with Human Factors and Safety Awareness and Communication in Aircraft Manufacturing. Journal of Safety Research. Karanikas, N. (2017). Airworthiness & Safety: Are we missing a link? Cranfield University Alumni Event and Defence Education Conference. 1 st June Athens. Karanikas, N. (2017). Aviation Safety Metrics. Safety Workshop of the European Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (EBACE). 24 May 2017, Geneva. Plioutsias, A., Karanikas, A., & Chatzimichailidou, M. M. (2017). Suggested Improvements in Drone Related Regulations. 5 th Safety Day of the Hellenic Air Accident Investigation and Aviation Safety Board (AAIASB), 4 April 2017, Athens, Greece. Karanikas, N. (2017). Prerequisites for Building a Positive Safety Culture. European Union Health, Safety & Environment Forum March 2017, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Karanikas, N. & Nederend J. (2017). Controllability of Events and Associated Factors: Lessons Learned from Aviation. Centre for Transport Studies Seminar, 22 February 2017, Imperial College, London. Karanikas, N. (2017). Assessment of Safety Management Systems in Aviation: Shifting the Focus from Failures of System Components to Interactions and Dependencies. ANSI Z10 Occupational Health and Safety Management System standard meeting, January 2017, Chicago. Karanikas, N. (2016). Safety Culture Development: The Journey and the Paradoxes. 1 st Aviation Safety Day, 7 December 2016, Athens International Airport, Greece. Karanikas, N. (2016). The Challenges in the Prevention and Investigation of Small Drone Safety Events, 7 th Flight Safety Foundation Mediterranean Conference, 21 st October 2016, Larnaca, Page 5 / 8

6 Cyprus. Plioutsias, A., Karanikas, N. & Chatzimihailidou M. M. (2016). How Completely and Similarly Do Safety Authorities Address Hazards Posed by Drone Operations? 7 th Flight Safety Foundation Mediterranean Conference, 21 st October 2016, Larnaca, Cyprus. Karanikas, N., (2016). Analysing the Different Aspects of New Safety Thinking, Flight Safety Symposium, September 2016, London, Heathrow, UK. Karanikas, N., Plioutsias, A. & Chatzimihailidou M. M. (2016). What Regulations and Educational Programmes Are Needed to Ensure Safety of Drones?, Flight Safety Symposium, September 2016, London, Heathrow, UK. Karanikas, N. (2016). Has Our Safety Thinking Change?, Hellenic Air Accident Investigation and Aviation Safety Board, 5 April 2016, AAIASB, Athens, Greece. Karanikas, N. (2015), Increasing Organizational Resilience through Safety Culture Development, Flight Safety Symposium, London Heathrow, September 2015, Flightglobal. Conference presentations (not accompanied with a paper) Karanikas, N. (2016). Prerequisites for Developing a Safety Culture. 5 th Safety in African Aviation Conference, Novembber, Livingstone, Zambia. AviAssist. Karanikas, N., Plioutsias, A. & Chatzimihailidou M. M. (2016). How Much Safety Do Small Drones Embed?, International Air Safety Summit 2016, November 2016, Dubai, UAE. Flight Safety Foundation. Karanikas, N. (2016). The Challenges When Experts Assess Risks. 7 th International Conference on Applied Human factors and Ergonomics, July 2016, Orlando, Florida, US. Karanikas, N. & Abrini, M. (2016). Using STPA for Evaluating Aviation Safety Management Systems, STAMP Workshop 2016, March 2016, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA Plioutsias, A., Karanikas, N. & Chatzimichailidoy, M. M. (2016) Application of STPA on Small Drone Operation: The Approach and First Results, STAMP Workshop 2016, March 2016, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. Karanikas, N. (2015). Towards an SMS Assessment Framework Based on STAMP-STPA, 3rd European STAMP Workshop, Amsterdam, 5-6 October 2015, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. Karanikas, N., & Soltani, P. (2014), A State-of-the-Art Classification to Improve the Quality of Incident Investigation Reports, 8th Aviation Knowledge & Career Day, Amsterdam 13th December 2014, AKCD. Karanikas, N., Moschoutas P. & Giamalis, P. (2014), Effects of an Aviation Organization s Budget Reduction on Flight and Ground Safety, 3rd Aviation Conference, Athens May 2014, Hellenic Aviation Society. Karanikas, N. (2010), The Implementation of Operational Risk Management Program in the Hellenic Air Force, 1st Hellenic Health and Safety at Work Conference, Athens November 2010, Hellenic Institute of Occupational Health and Safety. Projects / Reports Kaspers, S., Karanikas, N., Roelen, A.L.C., Piric, S., van Aalst, R. & de Boer, R. J. (2017). Concept for the Design of New Metrics, RAAK PRO Project: Measuring Safety in Aviation, Project S10931, Aviation Academy, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands. DOI: /RG Kaspers, S., Karanikas, N., Roelen, A.L.C., Piric, S., van Aalst, R. & de Boer, R. J. (2016). Results from Surveys about Existing Aviation Safety Metrics, RAAK PRO Project: Measuring Safety in Aviation, Project S10931, Aviation Academy, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands. DOI: /RG Kaspers, S., Karanikas, N., Roelen, A.L.C., Piric, S., & de Boer, R. J. (2016). Review of Existing Aviation Safety Metrics, RAAK PRO Project: Measuring Safety in Aviation, Project S10931, Aviation Academy, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands. DOI: /RG Karanikas, N., Soltani, P., de Boer, R. J., Roelen, A., & Dekker, S. (2015), Prerequisites for Safety Culture Development, Technical Report X10910/B, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Aviation Academy, Netherlands. Karanikas, N., Soltani, P., de Boer, R. J., Roelen, A., Dekker, S. & Stoop, J. (2015), Effectiveness of Safety Investigations and Recommendations Generation, Technical Report X10910/A, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Aviation Academy, Netherlands. Revision of Accidents Prevention Regulation, October 2013 December Hellenic Air Force (Greece). Revision of Safety Investigations and Emergency Response Regulation, February 2014 June Hellenic Air Force (Greece). Handbook for Technical Risk Assessment, October 2011 July Hellenic Air Force (Greece). Page 6 / 8

7 Return to service of 2 long-time grounded aircraft (November 2011 February 2012, December 2012 March 2013). Hellenic Air Force (Greece). Safety Risk Management Policy development, November 2008 March Hellenic Air Force (Greece). Revision of Safety Investigations and Emergency Response Regulation, January 2011 August Hellenic Air Force (Greece). Other Scientific and Professional Activities Honours and awards Professional Qualifications Memberships Chair of Program Committee / Program Sessions for the: International Cross-industry Conference ICSC (Amsterdam 3-4 Nov. 2016) STAMP EU 2015 Workshop (Amsterdam 5-6 Oct. 2015). Chair of conference sessions: Human Factors in Design 2, 32 nd Conference of the European Association for Aviation Psychology, 26-30/9/2016, Cascais, Portugal. Session No 97 Safety Management & Human Factors III, 7th International Conference in Applied Human Factors & Ergonomics (AHFE), 27-31/7/2016, Orlando, FL. Guest editor of the Proceedings of the: 1 st International Cross-industry Safety Conference, published in Journal of Safety Studies, 2(2). 3 rd European STAMP Workshop, published in Procedia Engineering, 128(1). Member of Technical Reviewing Committees for the: IET System Safety Conference 2016 (11-13 Oct. 2016, London) 4 th European STAMP Workshop (13-15 Sep. 2016, Zurich). IET System Safety Conference 2015 (20-22 Oct. 2015, Bristol). EASA independent expert in the field of Safety Management (since January 2016). Member of the Human Factors Group of the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) (since February 2016). Member of the Executive Team at the IET Aerospace Network since December 2014 ( Review of books: Diagnostic Expertise in Organizational Environments by Mark W. Wiggins and Thomas Loveday (2015), published in the HFES Europe chapter newsletter (2/2015). Resilience Engineering in Practice, Becoming Resilient by Erik Hollnagel (2014), published in the HFES Europe chapter newsletter (1/2015) Safety-I and Safety-II: The Past and the Future of Safety Management by Erik Hollnagel (2014), published in the HFES Europe chapter newsletter (2/2014). Reviewer for Safety Science, International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, International Journal for Quality in Health Care, Ergonomics, Aviation Psychology and Applied Human Factors, Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology. Hellenic Republic: Golden Cross of the Order of the Phoenix. Hellenic Republic: Golden Cross of the Order of the Honour. Hellenic Ministry of Defence: Medal of Military Merit 2nd Class. Hellenic Ministry of Defence: Staff Officer Service Commendation Medal 2nd Class. Hellenic Air Force General Staff: Distinction awarded for the completion of the Master in Human Factors and Safety Assessment in Aeronautics. Human Factors Specialist (ID HFS068), European Association for Aviation Psychology, since August 2015, ( Chartered Engineer CEng (ID: ), since October 2014, ( Institution of Occupational Safety and Health Graduate Member GradIOSH (ID ), since August 2014, ( Project Management Professional PMP, (ID ), since August 2014, ( Instructor of the Greek National Centre for Public Administration in the topics of Total Quality Management, Organizational Performance and Occupational Safety and Health, since June 2014 ( Royal Aeronautical Society Member (ID ), since January 2016 ( Academy for Strategic Analyses (ID 51), since January 2015 ( Institution of Occupational Safety and Health Graduate Member, (ID ), since July 2014, ( International Society of Air Safety Investigators Member (ID M06544), since June 2014, ( Page 7 / 8

8 Project Management Institute Member (ID ), since May 2014, ( European Association for Aviation Psychology Associate Member (ID AM322), since May 2014 ( Flight Safety Foundation Member, since Jan ( Institution of Engineering and Technology Member (ID ), since Jan ( Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Europe Chapter Colleague, since Jan ( Hellenic Aviation Society Member, since April 2014 ( Hellenic Ergonomics Society Member, since Jan ( NATO Flight Safety Panel national representative ( ). Air Force Flight Safety Committee (Europe) national representative ( ). Hellenic Air Force Engineers Association Member, since Jul ( ANNEXES Upon request: copies of degrees and qualifications; testimonial of employment or work placement; publications. Page 8 / 8

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